Kate Sylvester Black Swan Collection

Into my inbox came the gorgeous images of the new Black Swan campaign from Kate Sylvester... I'm having trouble saving them.. but until I get the images uploaded , here is a video I found on youtube of behind the scenes, shooting the campaign.



My favourite peices from the collection are the grey marle shell dress with metallic bodice detailing, and the knitwear for both Men and Women.

I love the Rodarte inspired knits for men, but my absolutely favourite piece is this knobbly soft "granny - knit" style cardigan, in the top image from the Australian Sunday magazine.

Thank God for Rodarte...

I'm fizzing right now having just seen the first few glimpses of Rodarte....How do they do it?... they take the thoughts and ideas flying round in the world right now and turn them into wearable beauty,... but still recognisably with that Rodarte signature...

The collection for this season feels more organic, less punk, less severe... quite earthy, moss and lavender and clay tones, very painterly.

The amaaazing strappy leather pants (I'm saving for these now!) and the thigh-length boots still have that Rodarte punk edge, with their strapping and buckling, but in the muted earthy colours of grey, they are more elegant and grown up.

The knits are still there too... shaggy and also more organic, (quite reminiscent of New Zealand's young talent, Alex Jaeha)

Ok.. I'm in love with this... there isn't any peice that i don't like.

What do you think?

New York has started...

....and nothing has really knocked my socks off yet...

but I'm still waiting for my favourite shows in the next couple of days.. hope they don't disappoint!

I love...(and can't WAIT to see....)
Karen Walker...
RODARTE!!!!... ofcourse..
Alexander Wang...
Proenza Schouler... always interesting ideas
MARC JACOBS!!...last season my favourite collection even over Rodarte (shock horror!)
Anna Sui... always fun
Calvin Klein